Campus Units
History
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2006
Journal or Book Title
Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science and Humanities: The Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Classical Archaeology
First Page
315
Last Page
317
Abstract
Monetization is "the extension...of the use of money in all its aspects... to the nonmonetized (subsistence and barter) sector" and can be measured by determining the "proportion of aggregate goods and services in an economy that are paid for in money by the purchaser." Such measurements are difficult to accomplish even for modern economies. For the ancient world, it is obviously impossible. Nevertheless the study of monetization in the ancient Mediterranean deserves greater attention. In this paper I will discuss the importance of monetization within and beyond the economic sphere, briefly review how scholars have treated the question of rural monetization in the past three decades, and suggest how we may better detect the use of coins in the countryside.
Copyright Owner
Oxbow Books
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hollander, David B., "Coins in the Countryside? Gauging Rural Monetization" (2006). History Publications. 104.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/history_pubs/104
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Comments
This book chapter is published as Hollander, D.B., Coins in the Countryside? Gauging Rural Monetization Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science and Humanities: The Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Classical Archaeology (2006); pg.315-317(iv-g). Posted with permission.